Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-26

p his sermon yesterday DR.. Talmage
tned his hearers against bad books and
&Aigate literature. He took h is text
~ the nineteenth chapter of Acts,
r. describes the burning of the bad
ks of the Epbesians.
#Nell, my friends" said the preacher,
IA great need of all cities is a great
y Gre of all bad books. Some Publish
\ would DO well to burn all their stock,
gke flame 100 feet high. We should
fburu until there is no Ubiquitous liter
he left in OR libraries. The printing
p is the great agency that exists to-
\ When will cease the influence of
4race Greeley, Henry j. Raymond,
Hnes Gordon Bennett. Watson Webb,
Y Tomas Kinsella, the great editors of
past! Think that the New York dali
\ print 100000 copies day, and then
4 to estimate the influence of the Amer
n press. I believe that the improved
r. is to be the ultimate savior of the
srd
4 The way to stamp out bad books is TO
hnt more good cooks. God speed the
Binder of the honest elevated, upright
n progressive printing press. What
kks' what newspapers should we read
n see put them in the same class. A
N paper Is q speedy book printed in a
p portable and handy from.
4 standing as we do chin deep in fictit-
y literature, shall we read novels?
q that there are some good novels which
n profitable reading, bat at the same
u say that 80 per cent of novels are
and unwholesome. Pure fiction is his
"A poetry combined. We can never repay
N atot we owe TO Hawthorne, Cooper,
hdgeTorth, Thackeray and Dickens.
more OF such books that go forth the
si' But the great numbers of trashy
Us that are being printed are to be
uemed, Some of them, too, are print
u y! respectable publishers, who twenty
w years ago would not have touched
u books. They will blast your children,
ou their minds. On the parlor table,
.ne trunks of the young men, on tbs
aneFs everywhere you find these mind
Il 5VyeTs' People are very willing TO
d bad books.
y ena'ge you to avoid all books which
a IAise picture of life. Life is Meth
q "agedy nor a travesty. All men are
hnaYes nor heroes. All women are
d aueles or scolds. Let a man become
d 'sIefate novel reader and he will not
Il ~ 10Y banking house, the Office, or the
he becomes a nuisance. That
-'a1 wac Is an inveterate novel reader
~ ior mother, wife or housekeeper.
W sAs sits weeping at midnight over.
y ERECTED lover Laughter. The
Na7 plain before, il Is now almost
y ''e'' tremendous disciplinariap and
persons who give themselves up to
~ inmate novel readir- will not pre-
..sl'-elYes for the trials which come
q 'aarge TO you to beware of all hooks
Il 41's an admixture of good and evil.
q l7'- read such books. Which stuck
u g. human mind is like a sieve.
n re gold aud retains the dirt
Il --se through bunch of burrs 10
: o.. l.aeA berry, and you WIFI get
i ' than berries. The person
ad7 such books is like IA,
! al. axes torch and goes into a
magazine % see if it will blow
\ gan touch sin even with tn
4 e5, -'ls touch without getting sineed
n viz. 1901 around the cage Of ini9ui.
y 49, having your soul torn and la.
Fl books which corrupt the ina.
J boo am not speaking Of the kind
J az saw recently on the Brooklyn
i saV man take from unfier
! Eby az. IL ne thought nobody was
\ - ~ mold i out to Young man
Il -l Indignation, but / have